Victoria Vicky Owczynsky was 17 when she disappeared from Minneapolis on August 26, 1990. Preparing to start her senior year at Edison High School, she was living with a friend four blocks from her mother’s home and had told her mother by phone around 9:45 a.m. that she would stop by later. During a three-way call soon after, Vicky laughed and said a man with two black eyes had walked into the house; witnesses later identified him as Darrell Rea, the friend’s stepfather.

Witnesses reported Vicky leaving the residence in a pickup truck with Rea, who returned about 20 minutes later alone and began unloading scrap metal. Vicky never reached her mother or the park and left behind her purse, money, cigarettes, and jewelry, leading investigators and family to believe she did not leave voluntarily. The juvenile division opened the original investigation; it was later handled as a homicide. Rea, who had past allegations of sexual abuse and a 1988 order to leave the home, admitted speaking with Vicky that day but denied she was ever in his truck; searches produced no significant evidence.

The case remains an unsolved, endangered missing person investigation with foul play suspected. Does anyone who knew Vicky, her circle, or who recalls seeing a pickup truck in that neighborhood on August 26, 1990 have information to share?